V.F. beauty director SunHee Grinnell does her own Los Angeles marathon of pre-award show hotspots, from a cryogenic air chamber to an infra-red sauna pod.
by SunHee Grinnell
The lead-up to Hollywood’s biggest event of the year, the Oscars, is a full-blown beauty marathon. To feel your (Academy) award-winning best, here are seven Los Angeles mile markers along the way, which celebrities from Charlize Theron to Taylor Swift are racing to this season. (Check with your doctor before booking any treatments.)
MILE MARKER ONE: DMH AESTHETICS
Start with an old celebrity favorite, a B12 vitamin boost, and then try the cutting-edge LightStim LED light therapy. There is also the massively popular ResurFX Laser treatments and IPL Photofacials. Inner glow takes on a new meaning. (dmhaesthetics.com)
MILE MARKER TWO: BODY BY SIMONE
Simone De La Rue, an Australian transplant and former Broadway dancer, blends high-powered dance moves with repetitive strength-training motions at Body by Simone. For New Yorkers with a fear of missing out, fret not—she has a studio in Chelsea too. (bodybysimone.com)
MILE MARKER THREE: CRYOHEALTHCARE
Channel your inner Passengers Jennifer Lawrence at Cryohealthcare, where you enter a cryogenic air chamber set between 200 degrees below zero and 256 degrees below zero for three minutes maximum. Cryotherapy, an anti-inflammatory treatment, is the latest West Coast craze to treat muscle pain, reduce cellulite, and more. (cryohealthcare.com)
MILE MARKER FOUR: GROTTO DE SAL
The Grotto de Sal’s Dead Sea pool, complete with 2,000 pounds of Dead Sea salt imported from Israel and 100-degree water—meant to mimic the famed “miracle” water, also known as the Salt Lake - aids countless ailments from arthritis to psoriasis. (grottodesal.com)
MILE MARKER FIVE: SAUNABAR
Burn up to 600 calories in 40 minutes while sitting in an infra-red sauna pod (yes, you read that correctly) at SaunaBar. Helps to reduce wrinkles, varicose veins, age spots, and more. (saunabar.com)
MILE MARKER SIX: MA MAISON DE BEAUTÉ
At Ma Maison de Beauté try the latest collagen-producing treatment for both face and body, aptly called the Venus Legacy. The treatment, quickly becoming a Hollywood obsession, uses 4-D technology to smooth, tighten, and plump—among other beauty-enhancing verbs. (mamaisonspa.com)
MILE MARKER SEVEN: TOMOKO SPA
Treat yourself at the exclusive celebrity haunt Tomoko Spa. Get a top-of-the-line massage with traditional Japanese tea service, polished off with a gourmet sushi dinner for two. (tomokospa.com)